Breaking News Stories about Global Climate Change
Provocative Articles
The United Nations Security Council holds its first-ever debate on the impact of climate change on security.
From The Nation, can the ruling classes save the world from global warming?; James Hansen on why we can't wait:
If Congress follows these five suggestions, we could solve the problem of global warming.
Areas like Bangladesh and New Orleans, which promise to be hard hit by climate change, face a stark decision.
Airplanes produce staggering amounts of carbon dioxide--and there's no way to make them more energy-efficient.
A look at why erasing your "carbon footprint" is tougher than it seems.
The world's most industrialized countries started the climate crisis, but China might well finish the job.
A look at why Chinese and Indian stubbornness aren't excuses to allow climate change.
Jeffrey Sachs on realizing crucial energy technologies will take more than just research and development.
From Open Democracy, the risks of climate change, militarism and inequality – not the "war on terror" – must guide global security policy.
Forget the whales -- save the Earth: Global climate change makes all other environmental issues irrelevant.
From The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a roundtable on nuclear power and climate change.
Climate change has a boarding pass: They're known as environmental refugees – and they'll be heading this way sooner than we think.
The Age of the Climate Refugees? The picture painted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is one of blighted nations and millions of desperate immigrants fleeing climate disaster. But experts disagree about whether the bleak vision will ever come true. (and more).
An interview with NASA climate expert James Hansen: "We need to take action soon".
George Monbiot on how global warming scientists are under intense pressure to water down findings, and are then accused of silencing their critics.
Bill Scher reports from the global warming debate between Newt Gingrich and John Kerry (while conservatives go nuts over The Greening of Gingrich).
From The Economist, as the evidence of global warming proliferates, so do the nasty consequences.
A moral obligation: Report confirms that those contributing the least to climate change are the ones set to suffer most. Rich states must act, and act now.
The new report on global warming, though denounced by some, still makes a strong case that the planet is in danger — and that a consensus for action is needed.
A report by Britain's Channel 4 News warns that climate change could provoke border conflicts and social collapse.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Gregg Easterbrook on global warming: Who loses--and who wins?
The Climate Divide: There is a growing consensus that the first world owes the third world a climate debt.
Ways to Avoid a Climate Catastrophe: The rapid change in the world's climate and shrinking oil and natural gas reserves are forcing a radical shift in the way we think about energy. Declining prosperity seems unavoidable unless the global community chooses a more sustainable approach to producing and consuming energy.
The people most at risk from climate change live in countries that have contributed least to the atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
The bitter debate around climate change reflects the political context of science, the reporting of science, and the relationship between science and the public
Books, Recent & Classic
Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: our future on a hotter planet (review)
From TLS, the world's problem: A review of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth: The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Nicholas Stern's The Economics of Climate Change; George Monbiot's Heat: How to stop the planet burning; Solar Revolution: The economic transformation of the global energy industry; Children of the Sun: A history of humanity’s unappeaseable appetite for energy; and Green to Gold.
Local Experts
Rich Stazinski, Citizens for Global Solutions
Prof. Gabriel Filippelli, chair of IUPUI Department of Earth Sciences
Organizations in Indiana
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Important Websites
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists on global warming.
US Environmental Policy Agency's section on global climate change